Graphic Designer / Marketing Specialist

at  CLARK Material Handling Company

CLARK Material Handling Company, is a 100 year old company, and a global leader in the material handling and forklift industry. CLARK is seeking qualified candidates to join our team.
The Graphic Designer /Marketing Specialist will be responsible to provide support to the marketing and advertising department. Will be Responsible to assist in developing advertising material, flyers ,brochures and other promotional materials in enhancing the CLARK brand on a continual basis for various departments and teams including but not limited to the sales, marketing, parts merchandising, engineering, HR and training teams.
This position will be required to be a team player as well as an innovator in that this individual will be working with several different functions within the company. The incumbent will work closely with teams to seek their technical perspective for their particular product or need (i.e., engineering will be key in the development of product brochures and parts will be key as to parts merchandising programs).
The incumbent will be required to develop several different alternatives when presented with a project or task to submit for management approval, then work with other team members or leadership in seeing the project to completion.
This position will be located ONSITE in our Flower Mound, TX facility and is not a remote position.

Essential Functions

• Creates, writes, edits, and updates brochures, marketing materials, non-technical manuals and reference materials from which customers obtain information.
• Uses own original and creative thinking to develop concepts and finished materials from rough ideas or customers’ needs.
• Ability to translate data and information into clear, concise, user-oriented language.
• Must utilize visual and written techniques to attract user attention and motivate user to take desired actions.
• Provides artwork for printing; approves proofs and blue lines.
• Maintains logs, records and reference library of all materials.
• Assist with managing the advertising budget
• Will assist the CLARK design team, engineering department and Sales team as needed on various tasks and projects.
• Will assist sales team, dealers and other sales personnel in events, trade shows, and enhancing sales presentations for potential customers to promote CLARK as needed an on a priority basis.
• Must be familiar with current graphic standards and utilize an array of current desktop publishing hardware and software tools.
• Support customers’ needs for customized written sales promotion materials
• Manage large volume of work requests, prioritize requests, and complete on time and within budget.
• Communicate effectively at all levels of management, supervision, technical/professional and production personnel.
• Participate as a team member in work, meetings and other functions such as transferring information to others, improving working relationships with co-workers, and contributing to team’s success.
• Support company policies and demonstrate concern for the success of the business.
• Show effective concern for the quality of all output and the needs, concerns and priorities of all “customers” both internal and external to the company.
• Required to MEET TIGHT DEADLINES

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design with some related experience desired.
• Experience with Adobe suite of products such as IN design, also Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Microsoft Office and related software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Developing and maintaining accurate customer files based on production workflow
• Learning and developing a team attitude to help meet and exceed the goals of each project:
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
• Ability and willingness to learn new software and hardware technologies
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and under tight deadlines
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Multi-tasked and adaptable to ever changing situations in a fast-paced environment
• Occasional travel required.
• Ability to work with printing organizations in project completion
• Continuously works on self development
• Photography skills is desired
• Must be authorized to work in the US indefinitely without sponsorship

• Creates, writes, edits, and updates brochures, marketing materials, non-technical manuals and reference materials from which customers obtain information.
• Uses own original and creative thinking to develop concepts and finished materials from rough ideas or customers’ needs.
• Ability to translate data and information into clear, concise, user-oriented language.
• Must utilize visual and written techniques to attract user attention and motivate user to take desired actions.
• Provides artwork for printing; approves proofs and blue lines.
• Maintains logs, records and reference library of all materials.
• Assist with managing the advertising budget
• Will assist the CLARK design team, engineering department and Sales team as needed on various tasks and projects.
• Will assist sales team, dealers and other sales personnel in events, trade shows, and enhancing sales presentations for potential customers to promote CLARK as needed an on a priority basis.
• Must be familiar with current graphic standards and utilize an array of current desktop publishing hardware and software tools.
• Support customers’ needs for customized written sales promotion materials
• Manage large volume of work requests, prioritize requests, and complete on time and within budget.
• Communicate effectively at all levels of management, supervision, technical/professional and production personnel.
• Participate as a team member in work, meetings and other functions such as transferring information to others, improving working relationships with co-workers, and contributing to team’s success.
• Support company policies and demonstrate concern for the success of the business.
• Show effective concern for the quality of all output and the needs, concerns and priorities of all “customers” both internal and external to the company.
• Required to MEET TIGHT DEADLINE